GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Friday marked the fifth time in six years Mona Shores and Forest Hills Central met in the postseason.
Rangers quarterback Justin Osterhouse threw three TD passes and ran for two more as FHC came away with a 33-21 win and a district championship.
"All practice this week I have been just staying calm and staying collected and going through my progressions," Osterhouse said. "That translated out onto the field and I just worked like I did in practice and we came out with the win."
Osterhouse was 10-15 passing for 225 yards, he added 84 yards rushing on 17 carries.
Mona Shores had the ball at the Forest Hills Central one yard line in a 7-7 game with 2 seconds left to play before the half and the Rangers stuffed a run play to keep the game tied at the break.
"The d-line did a really good job holding their guys and I got through, I hit the guy and we made the play," FHC senior linebacker Ray Cargill, who made the stop, said. "It was a great goal line stand, that was electric, I think it changed the game."
It was one of eight tackles for Cargill, Nolan Hartl led the way with 10.
Mona Shores (8-3) sophomore quarterback Jonathan Pittman complete 10-17 passes for 207 yards and two touchdowns.
Senior slot receiver Ke'Waun Farnum caught five passes for 139 yards and two scores.
Forest Hills Central spoke all week about not making this one game too big and it worked in their favor.
"You guys aren't on the sidelines with us," Rangers head coach Tim Rogers said. "Routinely you would hear kids say, don't worry about it, that play is behind us now, let's go forward, don't worry about that mistake let's go get the next one. When they start talking like that then you know that you have something special going on. They played well today."
Osterhouse injured his left ankle on his final touchdown run late in the fourth quarter and was walking around on crutches postgame.
The Rangers (11-0) will host East Lansing (8-3) in the regional final next week.
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